| the final analysis the best assurance F-cessful civil re-establishment for the find women who offered their lives “ve Canada in the war will be pro- | by policies which maintain a high | of national prosperity with jobs, Pty and opportunity. While fighting PP Federal Election Platform 5. Re-Establish Our Fighting Men "ollowing the first world war, the i; and the just claims of the ex-ser— Bien were systematically evaded be- s wordy—but all too often empty— ites to Our glorious dead. There must > recurrence of those conditions: for service man and woman who re- to Canada from this war it must Horious to be alive. That’s what Can- Bowes to her heroes and that is the fam of the Labor-Progressive Party. for policies which will maintain those conditions, the Labor-Progressive Party pledges its members to fight in the next House of Commons to improye the War Services Grants and related Acts by elim- inating all discrepancies, by strengthen- ing the sections dealing with actual pro- cess of re-establishment, to secure fur- ther representation from veterans’ organ-- izations on all administrative boards and to ensure that all the promises of the Acts shall be carried out without discrim- ination and free from stifling red tape. The Labor-Progressive Party fights for the principle that the Dominion Govern- nrent shall assume permanent responsi- bility for the health and welfare of all war veterans, including the veterans of the first world war. ":lfare of trade union- )2 concern of the great tof the people of Brit- gibia. After the recent fi shamefal disruption misanship in the Vic- Er lobby and the Van- 74he CGF Party, sincere fonists have a right to their motives. Arthur PMLA, a council dele- (0 states that he can ; all the CCF members, FP Swer a few questions ®: the ogualifications of f to-speak for labor. | ir. Turner if it is not overwhelming major- | trade unions in Brit- mbia have by their fi file renounced the : CGE affiliation and id the CCE partisan action policy; ech partisan ‘policy has Bounced and renounced e}.C.. Federation of La- the Vancouver Labor fe recent World Trade Ponference in london, Hl representing over 60 orkers from all over 5, acclaimed the Tehe- Yalta Conferences un- yand yet Angus Mac- P., leading CCE bur- States that the con- ' the Big Three are e €CF is nationalistic, +t and offers labor Eshort of socialism; me CCE sabotaged la- Stwar rehabilitation In caucus and conven- © CCF sabotaged every ention. Sincerity when: € does not deny that )abor Council by. mem- at labor unity at its © her question Arthur the CCF opposition would have 2 poor chance at getting a bill on the floor let alone having it pass as legislation. Yet he asks laber to put all of its eggs in the CCF basket and if they do not hatch they will at least cause “publicity.” Does. Mr. Turner offer publicity for ac- tion and, if so, for whom? (2) Most serious charges of conduct unbecoming union mem- bers were made by the regional director of the CCL and the executive of the B.C. Federa- tion of Labor against a CCF MiA and a leader of the CCF trade union committee. Yet not one word of condemnation—or even protest—was voiced by Mr. Turner when the matter was debated by the Vancouver Labor Couneil. °(3) Mr. council chamber solely as a _ sounding board for CCE policy and has consistently shown his intention of pursuing his course regardless of democra- tie action.. As an ex-CC€F member and active worker I am ashamed of my former company and as a trade unionist I challenge Ar- thur Turner to answer these questions. FRASER WILSON. “We are retreating to prepared positions Turner uses the > Saturday, March 17, 1945 — Page 5 STOCSUALESUSRECUGRRESSAPLOSDECELODERIP SOLED IORSSVESHCLESNELVCSEUAESSARARILELTSAVTAVENUASTAUESATEETIVTERERSAI ARE Shor t Jabs by Ol’ Bill CANDCECRGUBADTCAESRECTOSCE Ata ous SESTARE PULLER SEA ASESSTEACANECSCERECUASSIUATOLEESTOELSNNSOSEREEREBECERSATESE SAEED Unity With Reservations A REPORT from Toronto informs us that a preacher in that city of churches—the Reverend Farmer—invoked the blessing of the Lord in his prayers, for Churchill, Roosevelt and even Mackenzie King. His prejudices, however, apparently did not allow him to go the whole way and include Stalin in his good wishes. There may have been a variety of reasons for this failuré to live up toe the full program of the Moscow-Teheran-Yalta discussions and undertakings fom the defeat of fascism and for preventing the world from sliding back into bankruptcy and disaster in the years following the cessation of hostilities. If Churchill, Roosevelt and “even Mackenzie King” and the policies they intend to pursue after the war have to be prayed for, why not - Stalin? For only in unity of actien following the already established unity of purpose by all three of these great leaders, ean success attend their efforts. And without that unity it is impossible to hope that success will crown the plans of “Churchill, Roosevelt and even Macken- zie King,” : Alternately, the Reverend Farmer may have been reading the Brit- ish newspapers and has come to the conclusion that Stalin did not need praying for. In that press he may have learned that the audiences at the movies, where the first reels of the Crimea conference were shown, Stalin rated more applause than the Prime Minister and the President put together. In fact, in one West End theatre, both of these repre- sentatives of Western democracy were “greeted with respectful silence but the cinema crowd burst into hearty hand-clapping at a shot show- ing Stalin stepping from a slick limousine.’ The attitude of this reverend gentleman to the whole-hearted support of all the allied leaders, the full acceptance of their agreements and the utmost willingness to work for their success, even if it is only by praying, is one indication that the tendencies to native fascism have still to be countered right here in our midst. Maybe, on second thoughts, it is just as well that the Reverend Farmer did not pray for Stalin. He might prove to be like the man in the stands at the races who was heard praying that the leading horse would fall down and break a leg—his money was on the nag that was running second. More Racial Prejudice ° AN English parson, Sidney Smith. wrote once that it takes a gimlet to let a joke into a Seotechman’s head. In that short sentence he was wrong three times. Firstly, he should have said corkscrew instead of gimlet; secondly he should have said an English joke, and thirdly there is no such thing as a Scotchman. An American writer. of short humorous stories thought differently. He remarked in one place that the Scots are possessed of a very keen sense of humor. Inquiring from a Scotsman among his acquaintances, “how come?” he was told, “It’s a gift, man, it’s a eitt.” This gift of humor’ enabled the majority of Scots in this part of the world to enjoy a hearty laugh at Mrs. Laura Jamieson, the CCF MUA a few days ago. Mrs. Jamieson, like the rest of her party, demagogi- cally makes an issue of what is known as the Japanese question, right in the middle of the war. She would have all the J apanese back in this war area to do the bidding of the Japanese war lords, to be used by: them as the 400,000 Germans in the German Volga Republic in the USSR, were being used for Hitler’s purposes and had to be transported to far off Siberia en masse; and that after being located in Russia for 200 years. Mrs Jamieson went off the deep end in discussing the question. What she denounced as racial prejudice in her opponents, cropped out in her speech but in another direction. The floodgates of her indignation at the opponents of her Japanese program, were turned on the Scottish Highlanders and the Irish. Some days she thinks, we willl be able to assimilate them, although they still “wear their outlandish dress, eat their outlandish food, and play their outlandish music (Gf it can be ealled music) .” Mrs. Jamieson claims to be a second generatior Canadian. But she proves to be woefully ignorant of Canadian history. She apparently is not aware that this Canada of ours is a joint product of the French and the Scots, mostly Highland, with a little help from the Trish. In later years, many other peoples have come in and added their share to the making of Canada Canadian culture is a hodge-podge, it has taken a little from each of these people. Their dress, their foods, their music, have been cast in a Canadian matrix until it is something different from what they brought. These peoples and their customs of thought and outlook on life have been erystallized in a Canadian mould. They have been assimi- lated. But there are people of the second generation, aye, even unto the seventh generation, and the French, Scots and Irish who have become Canadian, have not been able to assimilate these. People of the type of Mrs. Jamieson appear to be decidedly not 2ssimilable. It shows in such outbursts as the one we refer to 7 I hold no brief for the kilt, I don’t wear it: nor for porridge, I don’t eat it; nor for the bagpipes, I don’t play them. But they are al] worthy contributions to our way of living and Ganada is the better for them just as for the many other contributions which have been made ? by all the immigrant peoples who have put their share into the melt- ing pot. : But the reference to the pipes remind me of an argument between two Englishmen. Qne of them maintained that the bagpipes was not a musical instrument, it only had eight notes on it. To this the other replied, “That’s two notes more than the English national instrument— the penny whistle.” That will be Mrs. Jamieson’s national instrument, I presume. : This spasm of hers was not just a humorous interlude, it was a farce. It was a tragedy only for Mrs. Jamieson and the CGF. The next elec- tion will prove that.